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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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